On Wed 19 Jan 2005 04:24:06p, Siobhan Perricone tittered and giggled, and
giggled and tittered, and finally blurted out...

> On 19 Jan 2005 16:28:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>>That's the trouble with "statistics" in general, don't you think? I mean,
>>when it comes to studying the populace, how can anyone know for sure what
>>people are "really" doing?
>
> That people don't take the time to learn and understand how statistics
> works doesn't mean that it doesn't work or is inaccurate.

Statistics have their place, but it doesn't always represent reality.

> There are, literally, thousands of things that happen around you every day
> that you don't know about or understand, but that doesn't mean they don't
> work just fine without your understanding them.
>

Agreed. I'll be the first to admit that I have no clue how many things work.

Wayne